Looking back, looking forward
And another year whooshes by quietly.
Last year I did my year of memories with photos but this year looking back I can't help but feel a bit lackluster about the whole ordeal. I've lived in one place the whole time and don't feel like I have many interesting photos to display because I spent this whole year in America and didn't leave the country once, much to my dismay (though to the joy of my pocketbook, I suppose).
Yeah, I went to numerous goth clubs - D.C., Philly, Baltimore, Seattle, L.A. - and got to sleep on the Greenpeace ship, the Arctic Sunrise, and see friends on both sides of the coast and spend Yule with my family. I went to a Faerie Festival, saw sakura bloom in D.C., and finally saw Emilie Autumn perform the US. I got to meet Ronan and Mark form VNV Nation, visit the Richmond Poe Museum and the Mütter Museum in Philly, do mini-protests through working at Greenpeace, and freak out about numerous earthquakes all over the world. There were high points, low points, in-between points, but in general a pretty calm year.
I can't say this was a fantastic year and I feel a bit like I am surviving ok but not really living to the fullest that I can. My wish, my hope, my desire, for next year is to keep striving for something bigger, something better to happen. I want to be planning something big for 2013 and I hope that by the end of 2012 I will have that desire coming true. I want to keep moving on, keep pushing, keep experience the world in ways that keeps me awake, aware, alive. I want to shake up my surroundings and find new ways to experience joy. I want 2012 to bring me something new and wonderful, whatever that may be. I can't even begin to guess what - and, you know, I don't want to.
(And a random aside, this blog post by Amanda Palmer makes me happy. I love Amanda Palmer. So so much. I kinda want an AFP tattoo, haha, is that bad? I think I need to add to my list for 2012 that I better see Amanda Palmer in concert again because I haven't seen her live since 2010 when I had my Matt-matt by my side...)
Last year I did my year of memories with photos but this year looking back I can't help but feel a bit lackluster about the whole ordeal. I've lived in one place the whole time and don't feel like I have many interesting photos to display because I spent this whole year in America and didn't leave the country once, much to my dismay (though to the joy of my pocketbook, I suppose).
Yeah, I went to numerous goth clubs - D.C., Philly, Baltimore, Seattle, L.A. - and got to sleep on the Greenpeace ship, the Arctic Sunrise, and see friends on both sides of the coast and spend Yule with my family. I went to a Faerie Festival, saw sakura bloom in D.C., and finally saw Emilie Autumn perform the US. I got to meet Ronan and Mark form VNV Nation, visit the Richmond Poe Museum and the Mütter Museum in Philly, do mini-protests through working at Greenpeace, and freak out about numerous earthquakes all over the world. There were high points, low points, in-between points, but in general a pretty calm year.
I can't say this was a fantastic year and I feel a bit like I am surviving ok but not really living to the fullest that I can. My wish, my hope, my desire, for next year is to keep striving for something bigger, something better to happen. I want to be planning something big for 2013 and I hope that by the end of 2012 I will have that desire coming true. I want to keep moving on, keep pushing, keep experience the world in ways that keeps me awake, aware, alive. I want to shake up my surroundings and find new ways to experience joy. I want 2012 to bring me something new and wonderful, whatever that may be. I can't even begin to guess what - and, you know, I don't want to.
(And a random aside, this blog post by Amanda Palmer makes me happy. I love Amanda Palmer. So so much. I kinda want an AFP tattoo, haha, is that bad? I think I need to add to my list for 2012 that I better see Amanda Palmer in concert again because I haven't seen her live since 2010 when I had my Matt-matt by my side...)